44o ThePriejlhoodofChrift. VETx S E 4 . The fruit which redounds to us hereby, is the expia- tion or remifflon ofour by the itnputingof his righ- teoufneire unto us. This is my blondofthenen, reflatnekt which j. Aedfor manyfor the romffionoffins, LiTrat. 26. 28. In whomwe have redemption throughhis bloud, the % forgivenefeoffitmes,accordingto the richesof his glory,. ephefa .7. Heb.8.12. And thismull needs be a wonder- full mercy, to have fo many thoufand talents forgiven us,fuch an infinite weight taken off from our confcienccs, the penaltie and curie of fo many finnes removed from us : our naturall condition is to be an helm ofeverlafliug vengeance, the obje of Gods hatred and firy indigna- don, exile;from the prelenceof his glory, veffels fit and full of mifery, written within and without with curfes, tobe miferable, to be all over miferable, to be without firength in our felves, tobe without pity from other, to be without hope from God, to bewithout end ofcur- fedneffe ; this is the conditionof a finncr, and from all this doth the mercyofGoddeliver us. Themanner whereby the fatisfa&ion of Chria be- comes profitable untous,unto the remiflionoffinite and righteoufneffe, is by Imputation, Rom.4. 3.5.8. 5.19. No man is ableto Eland beforeGods juftice, for hee is a confuming fire, Heb .1 2.29. No archcan be righteous if he enter into judgement. He is of purereyes than to behold iniquity, Hab. . z 3. for his eyes arenot eyes of flefhlob z o.4.Now all theworld is guiltybefore God, and commeth fhort of hisglory,4 wmPel., it lieth in mifchiefe, z /4.5.19. and therefore mull be juflified by a forren righteoufneffe, and that equal' to the juflice of- fended, which isthe righteoufneffeof Godunto us gra- tioufiy imputed. Wee are juflifiedfreelyby his grace, through theredemption that is in Jefus Chrifl, 7com.3. 19-24, Toopen this pointof10fication by imputed right& onineffe: Wemull note that two thingsarepre-required to
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